Annotating

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Annotating
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Techniques Used

• Underline important words, definitions, and
  meanings
• Write definitions in the margins or on a post-it
• Signal where important information can be found
  with symbols ( !) in the margin
• Summarize what you have read at the end of
  paragraphs
• Write questions about information you do not
  understand
• Make connections with yourself (text-to-self),
  with world events (text-to-world), and with other
  reading (text-to-text)

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Steps for Annotating a Text

• 1. Pick up a pencil or pen, and, when necessary,
  Post-its

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• 2. Read everything at least twice.
• The first time, read quickly (skim) and get a
  sense of what the text is about
• The second time, read carefully.
• Mark anything that you think is
• Confusing (?) (what?)
• Interesting (Hmmm..) (I wonder why)
• Surprising (Wow!) (Really!)
• Important (you can put or around important
  things)

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• 3. Begin to annotate
• Circle, underline, or mark on a Post- it
  important ideas
• Mark repetitions this is the author signaling
  important information
• Circle confusing words or phrases. Then define
  the word from a dictionary.
• Note passages that seem inconsistent
• Note passages that generate a strong positive or
  negative response

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• 4. Write questions where you made annotations.
  These questions can be for the teacher to answer,
  for the class to discuss, for you to use in
  future writing assignments, or for you to keep as
  a reminder of what you were thinking.

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• 5. Think about the connections between this text
  and personal experiences (text-to-self),
  information from world events (text-to-world),
  and other texts you have read (text-to-text)

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Why we annotate

• The process of annotating help you to stay
  focused and involved with the reading.
• This also will help you to concentrate better.
• It will also help you to monitor and improve your
  comprehension.
• If you find something that you dont understand
  or that you need to ask your teacher about, you
  will be able to make a note of it, and then go on
  with your reading.

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How I annotate

• I go to a place where nothing will distract me.
• I turn off anything that could distract me.
• I sit at my desk.
• I get out a pen and my post its.
• And I start reading

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THE END Made by Foujan Kafri Period 6